AN ARRANGED HEARTBEAT
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Liana Evans has always been independent, dedicating her life to the company that feels more like family than anything else. As a senior executive, her relationship with Jayden Carter-the reserved yet composed heir to the business-has always been strictly professional. They worked alongside each other with mutual respect, nothing more, nothing less.
But when Jayden's family arranges their engagement to keep the company within their bloodline, everything shifts. What was once a distant yet familiar acquaintance becomes an unavoidable presence in her life. Forced into a bond neither of them wanted, they struggle to navigate the fine line between obligation and something far more dangerous-a connection neither of them expected.
It was supposed to be a business arrangement. So why does it feel like something else entirely?
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